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VCUVoice ________________________ Virginia Commonwealth University ------_________________ _
A Publication for
Faculty and Staff on the
University's Academic and
Medical College of
Virginia Campuses
Volume 21, Number 11
February 12, 1992
Library's electronic
archives project elimi­nates
some detective
work for researchers
of Virginia's minority
communities.
Page 3
Speakers address key
social and cultural
issues during Black
History Month at
VCu.
Page 4
A multifaceted adoles­cent
health program
tackles the complex
issues of growing up.
PageS
100 years of dentistry
at MCV reveals
changes.
Page 6
Researchers have
developed a hearing
device based on the
physiology of turtles.
Page 7
Opportunities abound
for staff and students
interested in exploring
the world.
PageS
Newsmakers
Page 9
Instructor relates the
aches and the joys
ofVCU's Outdoor
Adventure Program.
Page 12
Trani Outlines University Issues in Faculty Meeting
By John Sarvay
University president Eugene
P. Trani highlighted the issues and
concerns facing VCU in a faculty
address in the MCY Campus'
Baruch Auditorium recently.
YCU students stand to gain an
additional $1 million in tuition
assistance as a result of changes in
the states' allocation formula.
YCU is also a step closer to the
possible acquisition of the Yir­ginia
State Library building.
to come to this institution," he
said.
Research dollars are also
setting records.
"The Academic Campus
has already generated more re­search
dollars in the first seven
months of this year than ever
before," Trani said. University­wide,
research funding is up about
10 percent, with $51.5 million
generated since July. Trani said he
expects a record-breaking year
with $82 million in research fund­ing
by July I, 1993.
Another long list included
the number of construction
projects in the planning and
groundbreaking stages. Land is
being cleared for the new Medical
Sciences Building funded by last
fall's General Obligation Bond
Continued on page 2
Several hundred faculty
gathered for the meeting with
Trani, which he says he hopes to
hold at the start of each semester.
Trani updated the faculty on legis­lative
issues, enrollment and
research figures for the fiscal year,
capital planning and construction
and YCU's two strategic plans
before taking questions from the
audience.
Trani told the faculty that
the General Assembly was at a
critical stage of their two-month
session. Issues that would soon be
debated and resolved include
salaries, fmancial aid and indigent
care issues.
"We want the current state
library and we want to move the
School of Nursing and the School
of Allied Health and Tompkins­McCaw
Library to that building,"
Trani said. YCU has been autho­rized
to conduct a study on the
building's potential use. (yCU
Yoice will present a legislative
update in the Feb. 26 issue.)
Trani then fired forth with a
list of record-breaking figures at
YCU. Enrollment last fall was at
an all-time high, SAT scores are
up 18 percent over last year, fresh­man
applications for 1993-94 are
up about 10 percent and graduate
enrollments are up to 25 percent
of the total student population.
There are 5,084 graduate students
enrolled at YCU, as well as al­most
1,000 foreign-born students.
Drake Resigns as Afro­American
Program Head
Trani said many figures
were being tossed around the
Capitol in regards to salary in­creases-
ranging from two to four
percent. On the financial aid front,
the numbers looked even better.
"What we are seeing is
more and more students wanting
By John Sarvay
Dr. Avon Drake re­cently
resigned as director of
the Afro-American Studies
Program at YCU. Drake, who
has directed the program
since 1986, plans to retum to
teaching in the Department of
Political Science.
Professor Is Recipient of
National Teaching Award
Drake said his resigna­tion
reflected his belief that
he had taken the program as
far as he could, but noted that
there are a number of reasons
why the program should
continue to grow.
"YCU could do a
whole lot with the program
without committing a whole lot
of additional resources. Al­ready
at YCU we have a core
of faculty who are on the pro­gram
committee or teaching
courses in the program. The
curriculum is here, the tone is
already here," he said.
Richard Carlyon, professor
,of communication arts design,
received the College AIt
Association's Award for Distin­guished
Teaching of Alt.
"The CAA distinguished
teaching award is the highest
honor a college art professor can
receive," says Dr. Murry N.
DePillars, dean of the School of
the Arts. "Richard Carlyon has
dedicated many years to teaching
and is very deserving of this
award."
Carlyon has taught at Rich­mond
Professional Institute and
YCU since graduating from RPI
in 1963. Carlyon received the
award during the College AIt
Association's 81 st Annual Convo­cation,
held Feb. 2-6. Awards
were also presented in art history,
conservation and criticism.
"Because of his reputation
as a very entertaining teacher,
Carlyon's art history class has
over 100 students," says John
DeMao, chainnan of the commu­nication
and arts department. "He
teaches students new ways to look
at situations."
The program, which
celebrated its 20th anniversary
in 1991, has grown to include
faculty from political science,
history, sociology, music, reli­gious
studies and several other
departments. The program
offers 18 courses this spring; in
HARVIE, L M
MEDIC INAL CHEM ISTRY
BOX 5 40 11
Dr. Avon Drake
the fall of 1991 there were 12
courses listed. Dr. David
Hiley agreed that growth is
the next logical step for the
program.
"I intend to continue to
emphasize it. [ think it is not
only a good program now, but
because of the strong interest
of the students it seems to me
to be important that we begin
looking at expanding the
progr;un," Hiley said. He said
the expansion of the program
Continued on page 2

VCUVoice ________________________ Virginia Commonwealth University ------_________________ _
A Publication for
Faculty and Staff on the
University's Academic and
Medical College of
Virginia Campuses
Volume 21, Number 11
February 12, 1992
Library's electronic
archives project elimi­nates
some detective
work for researchers
of Virginia's minority
communities.
Page 3
Speakers address key
social and cultural
issues during Black
History Month at
VCu.
Page 4
A multifaceted adoles­cent
health program
tackles the complex
issues of growing up.
PageS
100 years of dentistry
at MCV reveals
changes.
Page 6
Researchers have
developed a hearing
device based on the
physiology of turtles.
Page 7
Opportunities abound
for staff and students
interested in exploring
the world.
PageS
Newsmakers
Page 9
Instructor relates the
aches and the joys
ofVCU's Outdoor
Adventure Program.
Page 12
Trani Outlines University Issues in Faculty Meeting
By John Sarvay
University president Eugene
P. Trani highlighted the issues and
concerns facing VCU in a faculty
address in the MCY Campus'
Baruch Auditorium recently.
YCU students stand to gain an
additional $1 million in tuition
assistance as a result of changes in
the states' allocation formula.
YCU is also a step closer to the
possible acquisition of the Yir­ginia
State Library building.
to come to this institution" he
said.
Research dollars are also
setting records.
"The Academic Campus
has already generated more re­search
dollars in the first seven
months of this year than ever
before" Trani said. University­wide,
research funding is up about
10 percent, with $51.5 million
generated since July. Trani said he
expects a record-breaking year
with $82 million in research fund­ing
by July I, 1993.
Another long list included
the number of construction
projects in the planning and
groundbreaking stages. Land is
being cleared for the new Medical
Sciences Building funded by last
fall's General Obligation Bond
Continued on page 2
Several hundred faculty
gathered for the meeting with
Trani, which he says he hopes to
hold at the start of each semester.
Trani updated the faculty on legis­lative
issues, enrollment and
research figures for the fiscal year,
capital planning and construction
and YCU's two strategic plans
before taking questions from the
audience.
Trani told the faculty that
the General Assembly was at a
critical stage of their two-month
session. Issues that would soon be
debated and resolved include
salaries, fmancial aid and indigent
care issues.
"We want the current state
library and we want to move the
School of Nursing and the School
of Allied Health and Tompkins­McCaw
Library to that building"
Trani said. YCU has been autho­rized
to conduct a study on the
building's potential use. (yCU
Yoice will present a legislative
update in the Feb. 26 issue.)
Trani then fired forth with a
list of record-breaking figures at
YCU. Enrollment last fall was at
an all-time high, SAT scores are
up 18 percent over last year, fresh­man
applications for 1993-94 are
up about 10 percent and graduate
enrollments are up to 25 percent
of the total student population.
There are 5,084 graduate students
enrolled at YCU, as well as al­most
1,000 foreign-born students.
Drake Resigns as Afro­American
Program Head
Trani said many figures
were being tossed around the
Capitol in regards to salary in­creases-
ranging from two to four
percent. On the financial aid front,
the numbers looked even better.
"What we are seeing is
more and more students wanting
By John Sarvay
Dr. Avon Drake re­cently
resigned as director of
the Afro-American Studies
Program at YCU. Drake, who
has directed the program
since 1986, plans to retum to
teaching in the Department of
Political Science.
Professor Is Recipient of
National Teaching Award
Drake said his resigna­tion
reflected his belief that
he had taken the program as
far as he could, but noted that
there are a number of reasons
why the program should
continue to grow.
"YCU could do a
whole lot with the program
without committing a whole lot
of additional resources. Al­ready
at YCU we have a core
of faculty who are on the pro­gram
committee or teaching
courses in the program. The
curriculum is here, the tone is
already here" he said.
Richard Carlyon, professor
,of communication arts design,
received the College AIt
Association's Award for Distin­guished
Teaching of Alt.
"The CAA distinguished
teaching award is the highest
honor a college art professor can
receive" says Dr. Murry N.
DePillars, dean of the School of
the Arts. "Richard Carlyon has
dedicated many years to teaching
and is very deserving of this
award."
Carlyon has taught at Rich­mond
Professional Institute and
YCU since graduating from RPI
in 1963. Carlyon received the
award during the College AIt
Association's 81 st Annual Convo­cation,
held Feb. 2-6. Awards
were also presented in art history,
conservation and criticism.
"Because of his reputation
as a very entertaining teacher,
Carlyon's art history class has
over 100 students" says John
DeMao, chainnan of the commu­nication
and arts department. "He
teaches students new ways to look
at situations."
The program, which
celebrated its 20th anniversary
in 1991, has grown to include
faculty from political science,
history, sociology, music, reli­gious
studies and several other
departments. The program
offers 18 courses this spring; in
HARVIE, L M
MEDIC INAL CHEM ISTRY
BOX 5 40 11
Dr. Avon Drake
the fall of 1991 there were 12
courses listed. Dr. David
Hiley agreed that growth is
the next logical step for the
program.
"I intend to continue to
emphasize it. [ think it is not
only a good program now, but
because of the strong interest
of the students it seems to me
to be important that we begin
looking at expanding the
progr;un" Hiley said. He said
the expansion of the program
Continued on page 2